The honest person is you

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He Mao Baoxian suspected that you did the thing, but he didn't ask you directly, his eyes were full of hesitation and struggle.As if unwilling to accept that possibility.

But he obviously brought you back from that kind of place.

Double-faced Nuo used to hunt conjurers wantonly. He didn't kill them, but brought them back alive.

It's because you need the raw materials for alchemy.

However, the two-faced Su Nuo said that he didn't care about life and death, but in the end he was unwilling to fulfill you. He Mao Baoxian guessed the truth of the matter, but he was still unwilling to accept it...

When He Mao Baoxian talked about him, you suddenly raised your face and asked him: "Do you think it's me too?"

You tell him that you have heard someone whisper behind your back that they suspect you.You said it was the same way before.You are used to it.

So you lowered your eyes and said softly, "Just take it as me."

After you said that, He Mao Baoxian showed a look of hesitation, but he still didn't say anything in the end.

You looked at the back of him leaving, there was no wave on your face.

The longer you come back here, the more memories from the past will surface.That's probably a good thing, because you've seen that person's face again in your dreams more than once.

But the more so, the more cruel the reality after waking up.

When He Mao Baoxian approached you, you thought he would question or accuse you, but he showed an appearance that seemed to you to be weak... This is not like that person at all.

That person has a frail body, treats people with a gentle expression and voice, but his demeanor is unshakable by others.

The physical weakness did not affect his heart, so he tried his best to marry you in the past, even though there were many discussions about you in the mansion, he was completely unmoved.

You know that he knows everything, but he is willing to act like he doesn't know the inside story, and will only show helpless and tolerant eyes when he looks at you.

It was a look you will never forget.

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……

When you proposed to leave, He Mao Baoxian tried to keep you, but you told him that you would only embarrass him by staying here.

You said, you don't want him to show that look for you.

You said words that seemed to be for his sake, but what you really thought was that when he showed that expression, he would completely cover up the part of his face that was similar to that person.

In that case, Kamo Baoxian will look no different from other people—people you don't care about.

So you moved away from He Mao's house and went to Beijing.

In the middle of the night, an uninvited visitor came, and the candles in the room were dimly lit, and there were only a few people outside the barrier door. The chill came in through the crack of the door, and the ground began to freeze.

You immediately know the identity of the visitor.

"Lime."

Calmly watching the person who broke into your bedroom, you don't look panicked at all, but the other person's face is not good-looking.This is the first time you have seen such an expression on Rime's face.

Li Mei stared straight at you, and said word by word: "You betrayed Mr. Su Nuo."

He's simply blaming you, as if you've done something unforgivably wrong.

But that's obviously the fault of the two-faced Su Nuo, who would rather kill himself than fulfill you.

What's more, where does the term "betrayal" come from between you and the two-faced Su Nuo?You have never been companions, and you have never trusted each other. It is Limei who misunderstood the relationship between you, and this is his fault.

But everyone is unwilling to admit that they are wrong, so they always have to shirk their mistakes on others.

Hei Shomon rebelled, and his daughter Takiko Hime thought it was the court's fault, so she transformed into Takiyashahime and used magic to gather her father's former subordinates to avenge her father.

You think, Limei might also want to follow the example of Takiyasha Ji, and he also wants to "revenge" for the two-faced Nuo.

His enemy can be you or someone else.

So you told him that it was Kamo Baoxian and Abe Seimei who killed the two-faced Su Nuo.

Li Mei didn't believe it at first, he said how could Lord Su Nuo be killed by those weak magicians.

"There are rumors that Abe Seimei's biological mother is the white fox of the Shinta forest, so he is also called the white fox son, not to mention that Taki Yashahime and Onishinhuang reappeared in the world a few years ago, and they were also exterminated by him..."

When Limei was shaken by your words, you stretched out your hand and gently put it on the back of his hand.

You stare at his face and ask him if he wants to revive the two-faced Su Nuo.

The first step of Takiyashahime's revenge is to retrieve his father's scattered body, resurrect him, and return to the world. You ask Rime if he has the same idea.

Limei didn't speak, but you took it as his acquiescence.

So you tell him that your mood is very similar to his, and that only you can have such a common mind in this world.

You hold Limei's face and tell him that you know how to bring people back from the dead.

"Would you like to help me, Lime."

His face was hidden in the flickering candle, and you stroked his cheek with an extremely gentle expression.

You stared into his eyes, almost close to his face: "Only you can help me."

Because you said you need his strength, your minds are connected, and only he can help you in this world.

"Limei." You gently called his name, asking him to promise you that he would help you achieve your wish.

He said, "I will help you."

"Even if it costs your life," you added.

Limei repeated firmly: "Even if you have to pay with your life."

A curse is a bondage and a restriction. Even if a powerful magician makes a curse casually, it can last until the end of his life.

What's more, you are extremely sincere at this moment.

You tell Limei that there is a fairyland on earth called "Dry Marsh" in the sea, where immortal immortals live. They are the truth in the world, and they can even bring people back to life.

"In the center of the dry lake, there is an island called Penglai, which is shrouded in mist all year round and is the residence of immortals..."

Rime listened attentively to every word you said, and at the end he asked you where you knew these things.

"I have been there," you said to Lime, "and it is from there that I obtained the elixir of immortality."

So you can not look old for decades, and you can confront the two-faced Su Nuo head-on.You tell Limei that it's all because you arrived in Kuze in the past, where you received the teachings of the immortals.

You bewitched Limei with tactful words, telling him to believe that he has the power, and he will definitely be able to enter the center of the dry lake, meet the celestial beings living in Penglai, and seek the elixir for resurrection from the celestial beings.

"Are you going too?" Lime asked you.

You shook your head: "I can no longer go to the dry marsh."

You can no longer go to that place in person, because you know that once you go back, neither Mrs. Bian nor Tianxian will let you leave again.

So you bewitched Limei, thinking that the two-faced Nuo asked for the method of resurrection from the dead to deceive him, and let him lead the remaining subordinates of the two-faced Nuo to Kuangze.

There, Mrs. Bian is also concocting the "elixir" that can bring the dead back to life. You want to use Limei to investigate her situation, so as to judge... the possibility of taking the elixir.

You asked Limei to swear to help you with a curse, but it didn't say that it was the resurrection of the double-faced Su Nuo.You have never explicitly said to him "I want to revive the two-faced Nuo".

For you, Lime is no different from anyone else, and life or death will not move you, so you have no qualms about deceiving him and bewitching him to achieve your goals.

Ashiya Domitsu once showed you the method of driving shikigami, and you already know the mystery after seeing it once.

You selected a group of people, headed by Limei, and prepared the boat to go to sea. Before leaving, you gave Limei a black phoenix-tailed butterfly.

"It can show you the direction of the dry marsh in the sea."

In this way, Li Mei took those people out to sea.

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……

The Pteris you delivered to Rime died shortly after arriving in the marsh, so you can no longer see what's going on on the island through its eyes.

After Limei and the others went out to sea, almost a month has passed, and you heard that someone found a flesh and blood corpse near the sea.

On the face that has not yet completely decayed, is covered with a strange smile.

On the same night, someone found your residence—he also brought Limei, whose body was covered with exotic flowers and weeds.

It was a stranger you had never seen before, not one of the people who went to sea with Lime, and you saw that part of the body of this stranger had changed into the posture of a tree, but you realized that this was not Because of being planted with "flowers", but because his life is about to come to an end.

You already have the answer.

"I'm from Kuze," he said.

You know that in the middle of the dry swamp, there is an area called "the abbot", and this tree man tells you that he is from the village in the abbot.

But he didn't know anything about the situation in Penglai. He said that it was the residence of the celestial beings, and it was not a place they could go to.

But at the same time, you also know from him that Limei entered Penglai after landing on the island.

"He met Lord Tianxian, that's why he became what he is now," the tree man told you. "When he is still conscious, please ask me to bring him back to you."

Ke Limei's current state makes it impossible for you to judge what the situation in Penglai is now.

"What's your name?" you ask the Treant.

He froze for a moment, as if he didn't understand your reaction—probably because you looked too calm and didn't care about Limei who was desperately trying to come back to see you.

The tree man's name is "Tianyuan".

Because the name is the shortest mantra, it is very dangerous to tell others your own name, but Tian Yuan, who came from the abbot, obviously has not realized this.Just as you told that person your name unreservedly in the past.

You suddenly said: "There is a method in the immortal way, which is regarded as the most inferior method of becoming an immortal."

Limei's body is irreversible. If you want to talk to him again and hear about the situation of "Penglai" from him, you can only use a special method.